Although an East Ruimveldt apartment was destroyed in a fire yesterday afternoon, the Guyana Fire Service came in for praise for its speedy response, which was credited for saving the neighbouring houses.
Neighbour Roslyn Toddy told Stabroek News that she was asleep in her home, opposite the apartment, when she started to smell smoke.
“It smell like paper burning and my daughter said something burning, so I look in my house and I didn’t see anything but I kept smelling it more,” Toddy said, before adding that she eventually looked out and saw smoke emanating from the building.
She said she started to “holler fire, fire” and